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WEBThe 239,00-square-foot state mental health hospital in Indianapolis is one of the facility tours offered at the 2024 HCD Conference + Expo in Indianapolis, Oct. 5-8. The 650,000-square-foot project adds a new patient tower, expands services, and transforms a parking lot into a new community park space. The 12,000-square-foot medical and ...
Clinic Design: The Clinic Module - HCD Magazine
WEBApr 25, 2012 · This design concept brings the right people with the right skills together at the right time. The control center is staffed with caregivers representing key functions within the clinic, located near high-activity areas, and designed for maximum communication and collaboration. The “T”. This module is shaped like a “T,” in which nurses ...
Planning and Designing Highly Functional Nurses' Stations
WEBNov 1, 2006 · Key Design Principles. Regardless of which organizational type one chooses, our research team has identified five key principles to consider when designing a nurses’ station or series of stations. 1. Allow for Control and Flexibility. The ability for staff and patients to control their environment is crucial.
The History of Hospitals and Wards - HCD Magazine
WEBMar 11, 2010 · A brief history of hospitals and wards. Hopefully, this brief history of hospitals helps illustrate the tremendous advances over the past 2,000-plus years from the temples and pauper wards to private rooms. The challenge facing us now, as in the past, is how to continue to improve the quality of the patient environment by providing cost ...
Searching For The Perfect Nursing Station Design
WEBNov 13, 2016 · Looking to add to the body of research on nursing station design and the effects of different models on nurse communication, care processes, and patient outcomes, researchers and staff at the University of Kentucky teamed up with University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Ky.. The hospital was transitioning its cardiovascular services from a unit split between two floors with ...
Key considerations in patient room design, part 2: The same …
WEBApr 30, 2006 · The patient room is a same-handed, canted room (figure 4) on a 30′6″ grid module. The headwall is canted toward the outside wall for increased patient views (figure 5). The patient toilet door on the headwall adjacent to the patient bed reduces steps from bed to toilet, a key safety issue. The “throat” into the patient room widens to ...
FIRST LOOK: Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - HCD Magazine
WEBFeb 8, 2021 · This model is derived from the VA patient care module that allows the planning and care to be intentionally patient centric. Project details: Facility name: Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Expected completion date: 2024. Owner: Carnegie Management. Total building area: 426,722 sq. ft. …
Navigating Flooring Decisions In The Era Of COVID-19
WEBJun 18, 2020 · Here are three principles that will help lead to successful flooring design and implementation. 1. Prioritize the cleaning program above all else. Before recommending a flooring product, it’s important to consider the existing cleaning practices of each facility. Designers are tailoring flooring options to enhance each facility, but doing so ...
Healing Hues: Choosing Paint Colors for Healthcare
WEBMay 11, 2012 · You want a nice balance of both warm and cool colors. Cool colors tend to be more calming, so things that are in the blues and the blue-greens, those types of colors really put people at ease because they do bring a sense of tranquility. But you don’t want to get so cool that it feels cool. So you want to balance those colors with some warmth ...
A Standard Approach For Clinic Design - HCD Magazine
WEBOct 18, 2013 · The first part is the key for customization. Clinic representatives are first asked to select three to five high-priority goals and design intents, and to provide demographic information about the organization, clinic, and construction project. Parts 2-5 of the tool will then be customized based on the design intents selected.